Events in November 2024
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October 28, 2024 | October 29, 2024(2 events) 1:00 pm: Wayne County Memory Café with LIFE, Inc. – Open to anyone with Dementia and their caregivers. Come "tour Jamaica" with us! FREE to attend! Relax & Interact! LIFE, Inc's Screven office has partnered with Lynn Joyner, Dementia Care Specialist from The Heart of Georgia Area Agency on Aging, to present a Memory Café! A Memory Café is a safe, supportive environment open to any individual experiencing the journey of Dementia, as well as their caregivers. It includes relaxing activities geared toward removing the daily focus of Dementia and allowing inclusion and socialization. Activities may include: “armchair travel", themed arts and crafts, music, etc. Location: New Life Church - 1255 Joey Williamson Road, Jesup, GA
4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. | October 30, 2024(1 event) 1:00 pm: LIFE Social Club: Special Art event with Making Marks / Telfair Museum! – LIFE, Inc. is inviting you to our Social Club SPECIAL EVENT on October 30th! Please join us in person on Wednesday, October 30th for the second "Making Marks" session of guided artistic expression. Telfair Museums inclusive, community-based outreach programming is partnering with LIFE for this fun opportunity! This is part of the community quilt project Inspired by Maya Freelon’s tissue paper artwork in the exhibition Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation, we will create a community quilt with vibrant, colorful designs using fabric. The Making Marks project will focus on color, abstract designs, and flowing creativity as we experiment with our fabric And, of course, one lucky attendee will win a $10 gift card! No registration required - please join us! This is a hands-on event and will not be available on Zoom this month. Making Marks emphasizes the healing and transformative powers of artmaking by empowering people through art and bringing people together as a community, The artwork created will be displayed at the Jepson Center as part of the upcoming exhibition 'Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation'. Everyone is welcome to attend. No artistic ability is required! Wednesday, October 30th from 1:00-2:30pm, and the second Making Marks event will be 0n Wednesday, October 25th from 1:00-2:30pm. Location: LIFE, Inc. 4811 Waters Ave, Savannah, GA 31404 in the Medical Arts Shopping Center across from Memorial Hospital next to Bahama Joe's Uniform Store. Please contact us for registration and more information at 912.920.2414. The Social Club does not replace the LIFE-Line Peer Support Meeting, which is still held twice monthly, unless preempted by a LIFE Independent Living Skills Event. The Social Club is open to persons with disabilities in LIFE's 20 service counties: Appling - Bacon - Brantley - Bryan - Bulloch - Camden - Candler - Charlton - Chatham - Effingham - Evans - Glynn - Liberty - Long - McIntosh - Pierce - Tattnall - Toombs - Ware - Wayne | October 31, 2024(1 event) 10:00 am: Fall cohort of Living Well in The Community Workshop series (LWIC) Twice weekly: LWIC Workshop series at AAHIRC for registrants only. Times vary. The Fall cohort is full and registration is closed, but there is still room in the next cohort! Please call the office to learn more and to register! 912-920-2414. Living Well in the Community (LWIC) is a five-week workshop grounded in Independent Living philosophy that can help people set and achieve quality-of-life goals, while building skills to support health and wellness. Trained facilitators guide workshop participants through information, discussions, and activities.
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November 4, 2024 | November 5, 2024(1 event) 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. | November 6, 2024 | November 7, 2024(1 event) 1:00 pm: LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat Group on Zoom Please join us for the LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat on November 7th at 1:00PM on Zoom! (contact the office for Zoom link) Did you know that regular peer support can improve the sense of well-being for people with disabilities by expanding their support network and empowering them? It's true! The LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat is open exclusively to people with disabilities in LIFE's twenty service counties*. The LIFE-Line Peer Chat is a safe space to talk with other people with disabilities, confidentially. We hope you'll join us! If you're unable to join by Zoom, you're welcome to come in person, just let us know. 912-920-2414 *LIFE's 20 service counties: Appling - Bacon - Brantley - Bryan - Bulloch - Camden - Candler - Charlton - Chatham - Effingham - Evans - Glynn - Liberty - Long - McIntosh - Pierce - Tattnall - Toombs - Ware - Wayne | November 8, 2024 | November 9, 2024 | November 10, 2024 |
November 11, 2024 | November 12, 2024(1 event) 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. | November 13, 2024 | November 14, 2024(1 event) 1:00 pm: LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat Group in person/hybrid Show up and be the difference in someone else's day, or let them be the difference in yours! Please join us for the LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat on Thursday, November 14th, at 1:00PM! This is a hybrid event - if you can't join us in person at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah, you are welcome to join us by Zoom. Zoom link provided upon request, please call 912-920-2414. Did you know?... peer support can improve the sense of well-being for people with disabilities by expanding their support network and empowering them? It's true! The LIFE-Line Peer Chat is a safe space to talk with other people with disabilities, confidentially. We hope you'll join us! The LIFE-Line Peer Support Chat is open exclusively to people with disabilities in LIFE's twenty service counties*. *LIFE's 20 service counties: Appling - Bacon - Brantley - Bryan - Bulloch - Camden - Candler - Charlton - Chatham - Effingham - Evans - Glynn - Liberty - Long - McIntosh - Pierce - Tattnall - Toombs - Ware - Wayne | November 15, 2024 | November 16, 2024 | November 17, 2024 |
November 18, 2024 | November 19, 2024(1 event) 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. | November 20, 2024(1 event) 1:00 pm: Know Your Risk, Empower Your Health! Diabetes Awareness & Education Talk with Jackie Ogden of UGA Extension (HYBRID) – November is National Diabetes Month! Please join us for an important talk to learn more about the risk factors that contribute to Type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes impacts millions of Americans and most often develops in people over age 45, but more and more children, teens and young adults are also developing Prediabetes. Could it be you? The talk will be hybrid (in person and on Zoom) and our distinguished guest presenter will be Jackie Ogden, CFCS with UGA Extension who will discuss the risk factors that increase Type 2 diabetes. Even delaying the onset of Type 2 diabetes is worthwhile because it maintains a person’s quality of life and saves money on medical costs!
Location: LIFE, Inc. 4811 Waters Avenue (across from Memorial in the Medical Arts Shopping Center next to Bahama Joe's Uniform Store). If you are unable to join us in person, please contact us at 912-920-2414 for Zoom login information. | November 21, 2024(2 events) 5:30 pm: Alzheimer's Support Group at LIFE – Support group for caregivers providing care for people with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. This is a free monthly meeting open to the public. Occurs monthly on the third Thursday from 5:30 - 6:30. Location: LIFE, Inc. 4811 Waters Avenue across from Memorial Hospital in the Medical Arts Shopping Center. Contact Chris at 912-482-1079 with questions. 6:00 pm: LIFE Board of Directors Meeting (hybrid) – Due to Thanksgiving falling on the regularly scheduled date, this board meeting will be held on 11/21/24 in-person with a virtual option via Zoom. The in person meeting will be held in the LIFE Makerspace at 4811 Waters Avenue. The Board of Directors meetings are held bi-monthly on the 4th Thursday of the month at 6:00pm and conclude by 7:30pm. | November 22, 2024 | November 23, 2024 | November 24, 2024 |
November 25, 2024 | November 26, 2024(1 event) 4:00 pm: Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group Neurodiversity Is Beautiful Social Peer Group meets every Tuesday evening in person at LIFE, located at 4811 Waters Avenue in Savannah. This is not an open/drop-in group, you must register to participate. Empowering neurodiverse adults and young adults to develop a local support network of peer support. For more information or to register, please contact Heather at 240-328-8026. | November 27, 2024(1 event) 1:00 pm: LIFE Social Club Special Holiday Event and Potluck! Please join us for the Social Club Special Holiday Event and Potluck Lunch on Wednesday, November 27th , at 1:00PM at LIFE, Inc. in Savannah! Sign-up is required, please see below. Special guest Yolanda Shipp will be showing us how to create a Charcuterie Board, after which we will gather to enjoy a potluck meal together in fun and friendship! (a Charcuterie Board is a platter of preserved meats, cheeses, and other foods served as an appetizer - YUM!!) If you aren't able to bring a dish, please don't let that keep you from attending, we have you covered. There will be a $10 gift card giveaway for one lucky participant! Due to this being a potluck event, only the first part will be hybrid. This event is open to people with disabilities in LIFE's 20 service counties: Appling - Bacon - Brantley - Bryan - Bulloch - Camden - Candler - Charlton - Chatham - Effingham - Evans - Glynn - Liberty - Long - McIntosh - Pierce - Tattnall - Toombs - Ware - Wayne. To sign up, or if you have any questions, or accommodation requests, please call us at 912-920-2414. We hope you can join us for this fun (and delicious) holiday event! LOCATION: 4811 Waters Avenue on the Medical Arts Shopping Center across from Memorial Hospital, next door to Bahama Joe's Uniform Store | November 28, 2024(1 event) All day: Closed - Happy Thanksgiving All day LIFE's offices will be closed today. | November 29, 2024(1 event) All day: Closed - Happy Thanksgiving All day LIFE's offices will be closed today. | November 30, 2024 | December 1, 2024 |
